Princess Lover! Concepts

A type of censorship used in non-pornographic anime and manga. Instead of pixelating or covering nipples or genitals, they're simply not drawn.

Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service.

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

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Commonly seen in anime and manga, less-developed girls are often envious of those with larger breasts.

In anime and real life, people barge in and see a person and another person in a compromising position, intentionally or accidentally.

Chibi means to be small in stature. In anime/manga the term is used for a character that is small in appearance and exaggerated features.

Convenient Censorship such as steam, hair and beams of light are often used in anime and manga to show naked characters while obscuring their "naughty bits".

Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too.

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This is the act of secretly watching a person or group to gather information, often for political purposes. Spies typically disguise themselves so that they might sneak around. Espionage is also frequently tied to assassination plots.

Fan Service is often a sexually provocative moment or pose that takes place in manga and anime. It usually has no real purpose to a story, and serves as a lurid visual.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

The term "harem" is frequently used to describe manga and anime series that feature one man surrounded by a variety of female romantic candidates.

Just your average person!

Japanese Honorifics are best described as a sign of respect and endearment. Politeness is an important part of Japanese culture and language.

Capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment .

Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips.

Characters who exercise their strong libidinous desires in unwholesome ways, such as peeping on the objects of their desire, making inappropriate comments, stealing underwear etc. Though typically middle-aged or elderly men with a penchant for young girls, there are probably a few dirty old women out there.

Maids and Butlers are highly popular within anime and manga. They can simply be a job, or they can be a lifestyle for loyal servants to a master or mistress. Identified by a particular uniform. Also popular in cosplay.

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing.

The Naked Apron is a fetish cosplay. The wearer will either be in underwear or naked with an apron covering their front.

Bleeding from the nose, in manga/anime it mostly used as a sight gag that happens when a character is thinking or witnessing something perverted.

Gratuitous exposure of a character's panties, possibly the biggest fan service concept in anime and manga.

A "Pettanko" character is a female who is flat-chested or has small breasts and is either concerned by it or proud of it.

A person who sings as a profession.

A Student is one who is enrolled or attends classes at a school, college, or university. A popular theme among many manga and animes.

A battle commonly seen in anime where one character using a gun battles another character using a sword... Oddly the character with the sword almost always wins.

A Teacher is a type of person who is in charge of educating others in some form of higher learning or skill. The Japanese title is "Sensei".

A guy may have the best of intentions, but sometimes he may accidentally grab a boob. These things happen.

A new student who comes from another school, they typically come from a mysterious background or they arrive to spark some changes in the story.

A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature.

Literally meaning "Absolute Territory", zettai ryouiki is the area of uncovered thigh between the skirt and the knee sock.